John and I are getting ready for this Friday’s caboose move.
We talked with the manager of the RV storage area this morning (and
gave him our final month’s rent) so he knows to keep vehicles
from parking near where the low boy flatbed truck and crane will go. We
are telling all of our neighbors so they can see the lift and stay for
Bar-B-Q after. We bought red DANGER tape and yellow CAUTION tape to
keep avid photographers and little kids from getting in the way or
standing someplace which might be dangerous.
We have also been getting the yard ready for visitors and caboose fans.
It was mostly in good order because of the annual work preparing for our
Easter Egg Hunt but we have done some special projects as well. John
and our neighbor Felix replaced the rotten wooden fence corner along the
riverbank with a new chain link fence and gate section. I can now open
the river fence gate without lifting up the entire fence too. I finally
gave up on my two frost-killed mandevilla vines and filled their big
pots with cannas. I was going to pull out the frost-killed bougainvillea
vine too when I noticed that there were three new leaves growing from its
base. Hooray! It was probably waiting for us to turn the grass sprinklers
back on since it grows next to the lawn. I am still cutting off brown fan
palm fronds killed in last winter’s cold. These are 5′ long with sharp
curved thorns so care is required. We want the house and yard to look
good in the background of all of the caboose move photos.
KatysBlog 
I can’t wait to see pictures of the caboose in your backyard!
Hi, I just had to comment and wish you good luck with the move tomorrow. I am an Architecture Student in Canada, just completing my Master’s thesis this wednesday, May 16th. My project was mostly surrounding the ideas of the social aspects of architecture and how architecture is an instigator or motivator for social action. I am very interested in spaces where people gather….bla bla bla…anyways, I found your blog tonight while looking up old wooden caboose roofs because my project ended up taking over an old caboose that a woman had once purchased and lived in and now has abandoned! As I said, my project is more targeted towards the re-inhabitation of the caboose than the entire renovations but I am intrigued by your story and can’t wait to see the caboose ‘insitu’. Please post more pictures of the final renovation. I look forward to seeing how you inhabit your old relic! Again, good luck (I find it so ironic that you are completing your move right when I am completing mine…all our lives will change next week) To us and our caboosees…cheers!